History Hit Podcasts
History Hit has a wide variety of podcasts including Dan Snow’s History Hit, The Ancients, Gone Medieval, Not Just The Tudors, Betwixt The Sheets, American History Hit, After Dark, and Echoes of History.
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Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger
3 June 2021The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...
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Polynesian Mythology
3 June 2021From creation stories to voyager journeys, mythology and oral history are often key to our identities. In this episode Christina Thompson shines a...
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30:20
The Bank That Sacked Its Customers
2 June 2021When we think of investment banking we think of high-risk trades, profit at any cost and big bonuses but there is an institution that sees it...
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Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger
2 June 2021The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...
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47:36
Democracy
1 June 2021In this episode taken from our back catalogue Professor Paul Cartledge the concept which is the foundation stone of our political culture: democracy....
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33:59
Slaves, Gold & Ivory: East African Trade Routes
1 June 2021Long before Atlantic trade routes became established East Africa had strong connections with the wider world, trading across the Indian Ocean and...
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
31 May 2021Ordered by King Henry VIII and carried out by Thomas Cromwell, the dissolution of the monasteries was the greatest land re-distribution in England...
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30:57
Tulsa Race Massacre
31 May 2021On May 31 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, was torn apart by one of the worst instances of racialised violence in American history. In a period of great racial...
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1943: The Year the War Was Won?
30 May 2021There are many theories for when the Second World War was lost by the Axis powers. In this episode, Digital historian Alwyn Collinson shares the...
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Joan of Arc
30 May 2021On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the age of 19. It is safe to say that few teenagers have had as big an impact on Anglo-French...
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The Golden Age of Chariots
30 May 2021Taxis to the front line or ancient tanks? Through archaeological remains and ancient depictions, we have some idea of what the ancient military...
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24:53
Israel and Palestine: An Israeli Perspective with Benny Morris
29 May 2021The conflict between Israeli's and Palestinians is one that inflames strong emotions and opinions on all sides, but can a solution be found or is...
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Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
29 May 2021In many ways, Empress Matilda can be seen as a pawn of the men in her world. Sent away aged eight to match with the Holy Roman Emperor, she...
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39:41
The Mystery of the Ninth Legion
28 May 2021The legions of Rome were the nucleus of Rome’s military might for centuries. From campaigning in northern Scotland to the Persian Gulf, these...
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32:38
How To Plan For a Crisis
28 May 2021How is it possible to avoid disasters when they are inherently unpredictable? Niall Ferguson, renowned historian, senior fellow at Stanford...
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46:48
The Renaissance Lute
27 May 2021The lute, with its double strings and beautiful decorative detail is a familiar feature of Renaissance paintings. In the sixteenth century, lute...
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46:18
Sinking the Bismarck
27 May 2021In May 1941 Nazi Germany's most powerful warship and pride of the Kriegsmarine the Bismarck slipped out of harbour and made its way to hunt Allied...
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Alexander the Great's First Persian Victory
26 May 2021If there had been a different outcome to the Battle of Granicus, we might never have heard about Alexander the Great. Taking place in 334 BC, this...
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Mary Anning: Palaeontology's Forgotten Pioneer
26 May 2021Born in Lyme Regis in 1799, Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector whose story continues to inspire so many scientists...
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Vietnam War
26 May 2021With battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, and then defeat and public criticism for the United States in 1975, the Vietnam War became the...
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Hunting the Bismarck
25 May 2021In May 1941, the Royal Navy pursued Nazi Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck, in the greatest chase story in the history of naval warfare....
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